Where there is an adaptation, there is a domain: The form-function fit in information processing

Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-116

  Barrett, H Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511626586.004     Document Type: Chapter

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